Obama Slammed At NRA Convention
By
pparets
on May 17, 2008 at 07:04 am
In a speech delivered yesterday at the NRA Convention, Senator John McCain took aim at his democratic opponent:
McCain, one of 55 senators who signed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the District of Columbia gun ban, went on to mock Obama’s characterization of Hillary Clinton duck-hunting with a six-shooter. Drawing laughter from the convention, he highlighted Obama’s ignorance on the subject.
Wayne La Pierre, NRA President, said of McCain, who has butted heads with the NRA on issues like background checks at gun fairs and campaign contributions, that there were “vast numbers of areas” on which McCain and the NRA agreed.
In no uncertain terms, McCain declared,
Obama responded by saying he supports the Second Amendment but wants “common sense gun laws so that we don’t have kids being shot on the streets.” No elaboration on what he meant by ‘common sense’ gun laws was forthcoming.
You can use your own imagination in guessing what they would be.
The Second Amendment isn’t some archaic custom that matters only to rural Americans who find solace in firearms out of frustration with their economic circumstances. The Second Amendment is unique in the world. It guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. To argue anything else is to reject the clear meaning of our Founding Fathers.
McCain, one of 55 senators who signed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the District of Columbia gun ban, went on to mock Obama’s characterization of Hillary Clinton duck-hunting with a six-shooter. Drawing laughter from the convention, he highlighted Obama’s ignorance on the subject.
Someone should tell Senator Obama that ducks are usually hunted with shotguns.
Wayne La Pierre, NRA President, said of McCain, who has butted heads with the NRA on issues like background checks at gun fairs and campaign contributions, that there were “vast numbers of areas” on which McCain and the NRA agreed.
In no uncertain terms, McCain declared,
For more than two decades, I’ve opposed efforts to ban guns, ban ammuntion, ban magazines and dismiss gun-owners as some kind of fringe group unwlecome in “modern” America.
Obama responded by saying he supports the Second Amendment but wants “common sense gun laws so that we don’t have kids being shot on the streets.” No elaboration on what he meant by ‘common sense’ gun laws was forthcoming.
You can use your own imagination in guessing what they would be.
